Ἐφέσιος G2180
Ephesian; of or belonging to Ephesus, the major city of proconsular Asia
An adjective denoting origin from or association with the city of Ephesus, one of the most prominent cities in the Roman province of Asia. In the New Testament it appears exclusively in Acts, where the Ephesians fiercely defend their civic identity and the cult of Artemis. The Spanish 'efesio' and French 'Éphésien' both preserve the gentile adjective form, showing how consistently translators treat this as a demonym rather than a mere geographic reference.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Designating a person or thing belonging to Ephesus. All five occurrences cluster in Acts 19-21: the craftsmen's riot cry 'Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!' (Acts 19:28, 34), the town clerk addressing the crowd as Ephesians (Acts 19:35), and the accusation that Paul brought Trophimus the Ephesian into the temple (Acts 21:29). The multilingual glosses uniformly render this as a demonym—Spanish 'efesios,' French 'Éphésien'—confirming a single stable sense of civic identity. 5×
AR["الأَفَسُسِيَّ", "الْأَفَسُسِيُّونَ", "الْأَفَسُسِيِّينَ"]·ben["ইফিষীয়", "ইফিষীয়দের", "ইফিষীয়রা"]·DE["Ἐφέσιοι", "Ἐφέσιον", "Ἐφεσίων"]·EN["Ephesioi", "Ephesios", "of-Ephesioi"]·FR["Éphésien"]·heb["אֶפֶסִים", "הָאֶפֶסִי", "שֶׁל-הָאֶפֶסִים"]·HI["इफिसियो", "इफिसियों-का", "इफिसियों-की", "इफिसी"]·ID["orang-Efesus"]·IT["di-Efeso"]·jav["tiyang-Éfésus", "Éfèsus"]·KO["에베소-사람들이여", "에베소-사람을", "에베소의"]·PT["Efésio", "Efésios,", "dos-Efésios", "dos-Efésios."]·RU["Ефесская.", "Ефесский", "Ефесяне,", "Ефесянина"]·ES["de-los-efesios", "efesio", "efesios"]·SW["Mwefeso", "Waefeso", "wa-Waefeso", "ya-Waefeso"]·TR["Efesli", "Efesliler", "Efeslilerin"]·urd["افسی", "افسیو", "افسیوں-کی", "افسیوں-کے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ἐφέσιος, -α, -ον Ephesian: Act.18:27 19:28, 34-35 21:29.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)